#3BC8CA#3BC8CA

#3BC8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.116 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BC8CA
RGB	rgb(59, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -35.54, -11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 37.44, 198.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.1113 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.116 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1138, 46.4987, 63.0956)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BC8CA #CA3D3B

analogous

#3BCA84 #3BC8CA #3B80CA

triadic

#3BC8CA #CA3BC8 #C8CA3B

tetradic

#3BC8CA #843BCA #CA3D3B #80CA3B

square

#3BC8CA #843BCA #CA3D3B #80CA3B

split-complementary

#3BC8CA #CA3B80 #CA843B

monochromatic

#1E6C6D #2B9C9D #3BC8CA #6BD6D7 #9BE3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#3BC8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#3BC8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BC8CA

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BC8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BC8CA	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bc8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.116 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9da',
    500: '#3bc8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bc8ca;
$custom-light: #86d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bc8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.839,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76137,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BC8CA

secondary

#D09291

accent

#4947E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BC8CA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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